[DeTomaso] Someone hit my Pantera. Looking for help in dealing with their insurance.

[John Taphorn]

Steve just jogged my memory.  I agree with him to not tell your 
insurance company.  I remember now that my insurance company 
subsequently called me and admitted to have made an error in classifying 
my car.  Their fault, not mine. However, my premium would now 
quadruple.  Tough to complain as I had gotten an artificially low rate 
for 7 years.  Although, the proof in the pudding would have been had I 
had a claim.  Although, they also seemed prepared to pay. The premium 
increase motivated the change to Hagarty and the company now doesn't 
insure Panteras.  Anyway, had I not informed them, I would have been 
enjoying lower rates.

JT

On 8/3/2012 3:21 PM, shawkins777 at comcast.net wrote:
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> You don't want to make a claim on your insurance if you don't have to.  You don't want it on your claim history even if it's a non fault accident.
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> Steve
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> ----- Original Message -----
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> From: "Curt Hall" <cuvee at sbcglobal.net>
> To: detomaso at realbig.com, "david tucker" <david.tucker at chesapeakepanteras.com>
> Sent: Friday, August 3, 2012 12:37:16 PM
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Someone hit my Pantera. Looking for help in dealing        with their insurance.
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> I think I would talk with your own INS.Co. first. Then like others have said, take the car to someone your happy with to be repaired! Just make sure the repair shop does NOT put you and your Car on THE FOREVER PLAN!
> Let your INS.CO deal with GEICO!
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> Good Luck
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> --- On Fri, 8/3/12, David Tucker <david.tucker at chesapeakepanteras.com> wrote:
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> From: David Tucker <david.tucker at chesapeakepanteras.com>
> Subject: [DeTomaso] Someone hit my Pantera. Looking for help in dealing with their insurance.
> To: detomaso at realbig.com
> Date: Friday, August 3, 2012, 9:06 AM
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>
> Ok, so I've had the car for 11 years. Driven about 150,000 miles in 45
> states. Saturday night on my way to a car show I stop at the liquor store to
> buy Lottery tickets (a weekly ritual and no, I don't drink) so I come back
> out and while putting things away in the glove compartment BAM! The car
> rocks. I look up and a Dodge Dakota has backed into the front left corner.
> The driver parks and she and her mother get out to converse with me. The
> young lady just got this car from her Grandmother on this day and she is
> driving on a learners permit. She didn't see my car. I guess you can't see
> it out the back of an SUV. Side mirrors anyone? Anyway, we had the most
> civil, friendly, and calm discussion a first accident driver could ever hope
> for. Dang, I'm nice. My Brothe and I went home afterwards. I didn't want to
> be seen in this car any longer than I had to.
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> Her insurance company called me within an hour after the accident (GEICO)
> and was very friendly with me. I explained how this was a 40 yr old classic
> car that you couldn't just order new fenders for and it would take a lot to
> get it back to acceptable. No one has ever been able to match the paint
> fixing little dings and such and I tried to explain that the whole car may
> need to be painted. She didn't have a big problem with that and set me up
> with an appointment tomorrow morning with their appraiser to get things
> started.
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> I'm looking for thoughts/experiences in dealing with the other guy's
> insurance company on this matter. And what kind of shop might best serve
> this purpose. That fender has to come off to fix this. And that will just
> open another can of worms.
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> Dave Tucker
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> Frederick, MD  21703
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> 301-514-8358
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